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Leaders QPR recorded a second successive home 0-0 draw against Norwich City who themselves are third in the league. QPR haven't even conceded a goal at Loftus Road this season but came close to doing so when they conceded a penalty. Fortunately for the leaders Wes Hoolahan failed to convert.
A win for Norwich would have been enough to see them go into the top two should Cardiff not win at home to bottom club Bristol City, a reasonably easy task on paper. That proved not to be the case when City went 2-0 up after just eight minutes. Cardiff got one back very quickly and two free kicks by Pete Whittingham, along with some suspect goalkeeping from former England goalkeeper David James, ensured a Cardiff win.
That means Bristol City are still bottom and are in the relegation places with Leicester and Crystal Palace. Leicester drew 1-1 at home to Hull and former manager Nigel Pearson who admitted to being 'delighted' with the point. New Leicester boss Sven Goran Eriksson showed his credentials when he showed all his footballing experience after the game to say: "We drew, but we could have won or lost."
Crystal Palace remembered former manager Malcolm Allison, the very man who gave them their Eagles nickname, but they couldn't get any points in a disappointing performance at home to Millwall, a game that saw Claude Davis, the former Preston player, sent off.
The only other red card of the day was for a current Preston player, Keith Treacy who received his after giving the penalty away for Derby's third in the biggest Championship win of the day.
We've dropped to eighth in the table with Swansea and Coventry the two teams going above us, and both after away wins.
The stats for the weekend are below along with the leading goalscorers in the Championship, each club's disciplinary record, and all tomorrow's fixtures.
The Weekend Results | |
Saturday 16th October | |
Barnsley 3 Nottingham Forest 1 | Middlesbrough 1 Leeds 2 |
Cardiff 3 Bristol City 2 | Portsmouth 3 Watford 2 |
Crystal Palace 0 Millwall 1 | QPR 0 Norwich 0 |
Derby 3 Preston 0 | Reading 0 Swansea 1 |
Ipswich 1 Coventry 2 | Scunthorpe 1 Doncaster 3 |
Leicester 1 Hull 1 | Sheffield United 3 Burnley 3 |
The Weekend Stats | |
Biggest win | Derby 3-0 v Preston (home) |
Total goals scored | 37 (19 home - 18 away) |
Player scoring most goals | Billy Sharp (Doncaster) |
Highest Attendance | 26,117 - Derby v Preston |
Lowest Attendance | 7,005 - Scunthorpe v Doncaster |
Total Yellow Cards | 35 |
Total Red Cards | 2 |
Most cards in a game | Derby v Preston (4Y 1R) - Andy D'Urso |
The leading scorers (league only) | |
8 | Jamie Mackie (QPR) |
7 | Chris Iwelumo (Burnley) |
6 | Jay Bothroyd (Cardiff) Danny Graham (Watford) Davide Somma (Leeds) |
5 | Kris Commons (Derby) - includes 1 penalty Heidar Helguson (QPR) - includes 3 penalties Andy King (Leicester) Lewis McGugan (Nottingham Forest) - includes 1 penalty Jon Parkin (Preston) Billy Sharp (Doncaster) - including 3 penalties Scott Sinclair (Swansea) Marvin Sordell (Watford) |
4 | Luciano Becchio (Leeds) Dexter Blackstock (Nottingham Forest) - includes 1 penalty James Coppinger (Doncaster) Stephen Dobbie (Swansea) Adam Hammill (Barnsley) Jimmy Kebe (Reading) Dave Kitson (Portsmouth) Steve Morison (Millwall) - includes 1 penalty Jason Scotland (Ipswich) Adel Taarabt (QPR) - includes 3 penalties |
Hat Tricks (league only) | |
11th Sep | 3 - Chris Iwelumo - BURNLEY v Preston |
14th Sep | 3 - James Coppinger - DONCASTER v Norwich |
14th Sep | 3 - James Vaughan - CRYSTAL PALACE v Portsmouth |
28th Sep | 3 - Jon Parkin - Leeds v PRESTON |
Disciplinary Record (all domestic games) | |||||
| Club | Y | R | Club | Y | R |
| Barnsley | 20 | 0 | Middlesbrough | 19 | 1 |
| Bristol City | 13 | 1 | Millwall | 19 | 2 |
| Burnley | 26 | 3 | Norwich | 16 | 0 |
| Cardiff | 14 | 1 | Nottingham Forest | 19 | 0 |
| Coventry | 20 | 1 | Portsmouth | 18 | 1 |
| Crystal Palace | 20 | 4 | Preston | 30 | 3 |
| Derby | 16 | 0 | QPR | 15 | 0 |
| Doncaster | 14 | 1 | Reading | 21 | 3 |
| Hull | 20 | 0 | Scunthorpe | 11 | 1 |
| Ipswich | 18 | 2 | Sheffield United | 17 | 2 |
| Leeds | 20 | 2 | Swansea | 25 | 1 |
| Leicester | 15 | 2 | Watford | 14 | 0 |
The Next Fixtures | |
Tuesday 19th October | |
Bristol City v Reading | Millwall v Portsmouth |
Burnley v Barnsley | Norwich v Crystal Palace |
Coventry v Cardiff | Nottingham Forest v Middlesbrough |
Doncaster v Derby | Preston v Scunthorpe |
Hull v Sheffield United | Swansea v QPR |
Leeds v Leicester | Watford v Ipswich |